Here’s the coverage NRA News got. You will notice the Brady video is filmed as such an angle you can’t tell Paul Helmke is speaking to an empty room.

UPDATE: I understand that this is apparently a mistake on the part of NRA News, and Cam apologized to the Brady Campaign tonight on the air. Apparently their contractor they used failed to properly represent himself. I believe this, since I remember retweeting something from Cam this regard a few days ago. So Cam is either being honest here, or very bad at subterfuge. I would say the former, but I would bet Brady won’t update to correct the spying allegations.

Now Brady has invented the “Confidential Press Release?”.
And I always thought “burn before reading” was a joke!

I guess that after spending money on the press release and the room, and advertising the stupid event, and not having anyone show up, the Brady Bunch is trying to get as much mileage out of it as they can.

All of which begs the question: Would the Bradys have altered their message if they had known the NRA was in the room? Did they have one version for an empty room and another in case someone was watching?

Then I suppose I should have personally ejected Rachel Maddow from the exhibit floor in Pittsburgh Friday? Personally, I think allowing her to spew her foolishness is more damaging in the long run as I doubt she’s converting anyone who isn’t already predisposed to the anti-gun rhetoric.

Markie Marxist sez: “This is an outrageous act of deception on the part of the NRA! My commie compadres at CBS News would never have shown that Helmke was speaking to an empty room! CBS News can be counted on to deceive the public like that.”

Actually, I would say it’s different. Paul knew he was talking to a camera. He knew he was being filmed at a press conference. The gun show people did not know they were being filmed. They also did not lead Paul into saying things he hadn’t already planned on saying on camera.